Reviews of the immensely popular childrens book by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd activities, word search and vocabulary worksheet printablesthis materials package for follow the drinking gourd, by jeanette winter includes resource printables in pdf form that allow teachers to explore this title in the classroom with their students in an easy, streamline. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. Tommy learns that his father has hidden the family in the barn until he can take them across the river at night. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter overdrive. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions.
Ourstory is a series of modules designed by the smithsonians national museum of american history to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the museums vast collections, quality childrens literature, and engaging handson activities. This book was inspired by a simple folk song sung by slaves during the early years of slavery. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. Buy a cheap copy of follow the drinking gourd book by jeanette winter. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Read jeannette winters book follow the drinking gourd. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Minneapolis planetarium amazing stargazing activity book follow the drinking gourd 7 ritter planetariumbrooks observatory. Follow the drinking gourd jeanette winter, author alfred a. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. He would help the slave owner around the plantation but then at night he would teach the slaves who worked on the plantation a song that would lead them to freedom. In attempts to help some slaves find freedom, old peg leg joe teaches directions to freedom through a folk song.
Follow the drinking gourd contained coded instructions on how and when to escape, and directions for traveling to safe havens along the way. Refer back to the book following the drinking gourd and the discussion about communication. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. Follow the drinking gourd, text and illustrations by jeanette winter, new york. This lesson is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd book authorstream presentation. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter penguin random. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter fictiondb. In this ourstory module students will learn about slavery, slave life and the underground railroad. A couple, their son, and two others make their escapeby following the songs directions.
Resisting claims of a coded message in the african american spiritual follow the drinking gourd. Everything you need for a complete literature study on follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. Peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Follow the drinking gourd is a coded song that gives the route for an escape from. Reading excerpts from the book will graphically illustrate to the students how slaves traveled on slave ships, and provide accurate historical information on the issue of slavery in america. Reading questions multiple choice and short answer. For those who wish to teach as well as entertain, follow the drinking gourd is a musthave. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. The kindle ebook is instantly available and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. In this lesson, students use clues from the text to create their own images and imagine how characters are thinking and feeling. In glowing paintings and simple text, winter tells the story of one brave family who followed the drinking gourd north to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd this song is the story of how peg leg joe would lead slaves to freedom by following the underground railroad.
Looking through the lenses of history this book has a lot of appeal, it brings to the for front the movement of the underground rail road and. Mar 22, 20 follow the drinking gourd is a story of slavery and escape in the mid1800s. When tommys father comes home, they hide the runaways in a. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe, a white one.
Joe had a plan, working for the master by day, and teaching slaves the drinking gourd song. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. Copy as an entire packet, or copy pages individually. In other words, it is not possible that escaping slaves sang, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, since that line was written 80 years after the end of the civil war. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback barnes. Author and illustrator jeanette winter is known for developing historical fiction picture books for younger audiences based on true people and places. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns throughout the year.
The story of a group of slaves escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd sounded like a simple folk song sung by slaves, but it was really a map to freedomfor hidden in the lyrics were directions to the escape route known as the underground railroad. By following the directions in a song, the drinking gourd, taught to them by an old sailor named peg leg joe, runaway slaves journey north along the underground railroad to freedom in canada. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter goodreads. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading follow the drinking gourd. A copy of the song, follow the drinking gourd, you can play for the students. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aidsslaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form.
Her books are not only interesting and exciting but are filled with a wealth of educational value. Follow the drinking gourd smithsonians history explorer. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. The intended age group for this book is primary intermediate. Follow the drinking gourd 6 ritter planetariumbrooks observatory. Have students study the faces of the runaway slaves as illustrated in the book. Follow the drinking gourd picture book about how slaves used the north star and the big dipper drinking gourd constellation in the underground railroad by jeanette winter cobblestone a history magazine for young people. Lesson plan about black history from reading rainbow created by reading rainbow. Peg leg joe is presented as a resolute underground railroad conductor, posing as an itinerant carpenter. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback.
Told in a few, poetic words and the lines of the song, the text is set off with highly dramatic illustrations, with the. I had known all of this before reading follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter this book was inspired by a simple folk so ng sung by slaves during the early years of slavery. Dragonfly books 1998 find this book in a library near you, using. The story goes that a onelegged sailor named peg leg joe traveled from farm to farm working as a handyman during. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. They are following the drinking gourd, a constellation in the northern sky that points the way to freedom. Read follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter available from rakuten kobo. Follow the drinking gourd curled up with a good kids book. Follow the drinking gourd teachers guide northern stars. Please be aware that not all the material in this guide may. The drinking gourd referred to the constellation known as the big dipper which guided them northward along waterways and mountain passes. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter, jeanette.
Hidden in the lyrics of follow the drinking gourd were directions for following the underground railroad, the covert trail by which black slaves could escape north to eventual freedom. Looking through the lenses of history this book has a lot of appeal, it brings to the for front the movement of the underground rail road and makes it into a story of a single family. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter alibris. This book is about slavery, and the underground railroad.
Buy this book before the civil war, peg leg joe traveled from one plantation to. Follow the drinking gourd discussion guide scholastic. Rich paintings interpret the strong storyin a clean, primitive. Winter s story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. The planetarium show follows and explores the fictional story follow the drinking gourd, written by jeanette winter and published in 1988 by dragonfly books, a division of alfred a. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by jeanette winter. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. This book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom.
Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter. Read the book follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. While working forplantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinkinggourd the big dipper. The teacher will need a copy of jeanette winters book follow the drinking gourd optional resource. Follow the drinking gourd ebook by jeanette winter. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. It appears in jeanette winter s follow the drinking gourd, bernardine connellys book of the same name and f.
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